Iran Protest Toll Nears 6,000 Dead
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Most people refer to the 1979 hijacking of Iran by extremist ayatollahs as the Islamic Revolution. I like to refer to it as the Demonic Revolution. I am praying that Iran’s demons will be exorcised shortly and allow Iran to have a true spiritual revolution.
The scale of nationwide protests in Iran and the bloody crackdown that has followed is slowly coming into focus, even though authorities have cut off the country from the internet
The Basij were deployed as cannon fodder in human-wave attacks during the Iran-Iraq War. Since then, they have been used as inexpensive volunteer enforcers and agents of repression. They are drawn from “a slender minority” of the country that still believes — young men and boys who are “armed, ideologically brainwashed and easily mobilized.”
Iranian demonstrators set mosques ablaze during heated protests against the country’s Islamic government, according to local video and reports this
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Shocking mosque fire in Iran sparks protest fury as Tehran warns Trump of retaliation
Outrage is spreading after shocking CCTV footage from an Iranian mosque shows an alleged arson attack during ongoing protests, with children reportedly inside the building. Iranian authorities accuse protesters of endangering minors and desecrating a sacred place,
Iran is rejecting Islam and is among the least religious nations on earth, according to A. Darius Kamalia a human rights advocate and researcher. –63% no longer identify with any form of Islam (either Shiite or Sunni).
For a third night in a row, nationwide antigovernment protests rocked Iran, according to witnesses and videos verified by The New York Times, posted on BBC Persian and social media, even as the government intensified its crackdown and the military said it would take to the streets in response to the unrest.
What is built on fear and falsehood will eventually be shaken, while what is rooted in truth will endure. Living fearlessly does not require certainty about political outcomes. It requires moral clarity.
Anti-government protests have erupted across all 31 of Iran’s provinces in a wave of unrest that marks the biggest challenge to the regime in years.
As Iran returned to uneasy calm after a wave of protests that drew a bloody crackdown, a senior hard-line cleric called Friday for the death penalty for detained demonstrators and directly threatened US President Donald Trump.
Video shared on social media on January 9th showed a mosque burning in Tehran during Iran’s most widespread protests in years. The date when the video was recorded could not be independently verified.